By Scott Gilfoid: The David Price vs. Matt Skelton press conference was about as interesting as attending meeting on Quantum Physics. Those two guys were playing extra nice with one another and it hard to keep from falling asleep from listening to their kind words to one another in promoting their November 30th fight at the Aintree Equestrian Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

Price (14-0, 12 KO’s) blabbed some stuff about Skelton (28-6, 23 KO’s) taking him out of his comfort zone for the fight. Specifically it was “He’s going to take me out of my comfort zone. I’m expecting a tough fight. It’s a great fight for me.”

How Price could keep a straight face while saying all this is beyond me. He was a like a politician saying the opposite of the stated reality. Boxing fans all know this fight is a sick mismatch between the 29-year-old Price and the 45-year-old Skelton.

Why at this point Price is still facing weak domestic level opposition is the only real question that came out of this press conference. The man is damn near 30-years-old and his career is stuck in neutral rather than shifting through gears like normal fighters do. If Price doesn’t have the chin for the game it’s better find out sooner rather than later after he’s wasted everyone’s time with a careers worth of domestic level fodder.

When asked when Price would be finally ready to step it up and fight for a world title, Price said “3 or 4 fights.” In other words when Price is 30-years-old. However, I expect that number to move forward to 6, 8 and 10 fights, depending on how well Wladimir Klitschko and his brother Vitali Klitschko are fighting. I imagine that if Vitali retires, there will be a mad rush to pick up his vacant World Boxing Council strap by Price and Tyson Fury. However, if Kubrat Pulev is there blocking their path, then I see them choosing to go in another direction.

Price’s promoter Frank Maloney said that Price will be looking to fight either Tyson Fury or Richard Towers in February. If they’re not available, Maloney says he wants to match Price against a high ranked American. I got an idea. How about skipping Fury and Towers and going straight to a world ranked contender? Put Price in with Pulev and let’s see how Price does.

As for as the Skelton-Price fight goes, it’s not going to be a fight. Skelton is too old, too weak and too small to do anything against Price. It’s not that Price is a great heavyweight, but rather he’s better than the aging Skelton, that’s for sure.